Second Person Now Loses Job Over Offensive Ian Poulter Tweets.
A second person has now lost his job involving tweets directed at England golfer Ian Poulter.
At last weeks Valspar Championship Poulter was unnecessarily heckled by J.J. Downum, an assistant athletic director for development at Florida Southern College (FSC), as Poulter walked from the 12th green to 13th tee on the Copperhead course.
Downum reportedly yelled: “You will hit it in the water!” and “You will not make the Ryder Cup team!”.
Poulter approached a police officer standing close ...
‘Down Under’ Dominance Contineus With Pilkadaris On Top In Indian Open.
Australia’s present dominance on the world stage continues with Perth’s Terry Pilkadaris shooting a brilliant 64 and take the halfway lead at the Hero Indian Open on the Delhi GC course.
Pilkadaris joined fellow ‘Down Under’ colleagues Jason Day along with Adam Scott and Marc Leishman who head the Arnold Palmer Invitational on the PGA Tour.
The Australian is a veteran of 128 European Tour events but has also played over 100 times on the Asian Tour and has tackled the narrow ...
Double Augusta Winning Olazabal Withdraws From 2016 Masters.
Double Masters winner José María Olazábal confirmed he will not play in the Masters next month because of health reasons.
The Spaniard has been forced to decline his invitation to the season’s first Major, having not played competitive golf since the second round at Augusta National last year.
The 50 year old has won the Green Jacket twice, in 1994 and 1999, and has amassed eight top ten finishes from his 27 appearances.
“I am sorry to announce that I’m unable to attend this year as I am ...
St. Patrick’s Day Renamed ‘Australia’s Day’ At Arnold Palmer Invitational.
You could have easily been mistaken that the St. Patrick’s Day celebration on the opening day of the 2016 Arnold Palmer Invitational had been renamed ‘Australia Day’.
While there was green-coloured attire all about Bay Hill, including nearly every competitor getting in on the St. Patrick’s Day act, the first day of the $US 6.2m event clearly belonged to Australian-born golfers.
Adam Scott and Marc Leishman finished within minutes of each other, and among five players at lunch ...
Justin Rose Skips Houston Open To Spend Week At Augusta National.
Past U.S. Open champion Justin Rose will skip contesting next fortnight’s Shell Houston Open and instead is planning to spend the week at Augusta National.
And after quickly jumping into Arnold Palmer Invitational contention Rose reckons his game is so good he’s going to break from recent tradition of competing in America’s fourth largest city, and instead work on his at the Masters venue where a year ago he finished T2nd behind Jordan Spieth.
“I have been knocking around the top-20 ...
Graeme McDowell’s Pregnant Wife In Mercy Dash With Bay Hill Delivery.
Graeme McDowell’s wife is not due to give birth to the couple’s second child for some months but she was called on to make a mercy dash delivery to her husband on day one of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.
McDowell had inadvertently left his 7-iron in another golf bag.
Fortunately for the McDowell’s they reside on the Lake Nona Estate and located just over 30 minutes from this week’s PGA Tour host venue.
“I was on the range this morning when Kenny (Comboy -caddy) ...
Martin Laird Revs Up Shooting 69 Bay Hill Thanks To St. Peterburgh Indy Car Grand Prix.
Martin Laird attributed a weekend ‘chilling out’ that also included soaking up the thrills and spills of last Sunday’s round of the 2016 Indy Car race series as key to posting a three under par 69 on the opening day of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando.
Laird has missed the halfway cut in his past two starts, along with last week’s Valspar Championship near Tampa Bay.
However the former Arnold Palmer champion was burning rubber on day one at Bay Hill with six birdies and half as many ...
